Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-05

the roof of it until it reached the surface Of
the ground. This was about three feet above
him, and as he pulled the stick down again
and applied his eye to the hole he could see q
star in the heavens. 1t was Q o'clock in the
morning before he had finished his work, and
he now felt that he could defy any element
which the Indians could bring against him.
The night passed without the slightest
alarm, and the morning brought such a beau
tifui day, and everything seemed SO peaceful,
that between 0 and 10 o'clock Uncle Peter de-
termined to venture out. One Of the calves
had returned to the barn, and when he left
the cabin it was for the purpose of driving it
off again. The calf moved around the corner
Of the barn as Nixon approached, and Just Is
he was turning the corner after it five Indians
in war paint appeared before him. Each of
his arms was seized by q warrior, and as he
stood there, too dazed and d~umbfounded for
Indians chuckled his satisfaction and said:
Good. Little Crow want you. Come
long"
from his trance. With q yell, which could
have been heard above any war whoop, he
flung the two warriors to right and left, and
seized the leader. Ina jify he had shaken
him loose from his weapons and slammed him
against the barn with awful force. It was a
little surprise party for the Indians, you see,
and before they could rally the "Signor'
had doubled one up with a kick in the
stomach, smashed another's face With a blow
of his fist, and after swinging the leader in
the air and hurting him to the ground, the
cannon ball man made a run for the cabin.
and reached it without being fred at. After |
the uprising had been subdued and peace |
restored, he was told that the plan was to !
capture him alive for torture. In his tussle |
with them he broke one Indians arm and
severely bruised two others. !
When Uncle Peter dashed into his cabin he !
made his wife acquainted with the situation |
In a word, and then picked up the guns and
went to the loopholes to watch the enemy.
Had he sailed out with his rifle he might
have killed two O three Of them, for they
were badly demoralized and made no move
Tor half an hour. Then they set the barn on
and retreated to the cover Of the woods.
and no one appeared in sight until mid-after.
loon. linen Indians showed themselves at
aair q dozen points out Of rife range, and a
~ or l3years OF age, who had been CAP
.ured four or five miles away, was ordered
~ "aru 70 summon Uncle Peter to surrender.
was weeping as he approached.
a IL. mother and brother had been
,liied, be said, and the woods were
OF Indians in war paint. He had been
oio 70 say that II the pioneer did not at once
out and give himself up no mercy would
70 shown him. Uncle Peter wanted the lad
o come into the house, which move he could
ave safely carried out; but he replied that
or three Of the Indians whom he knew |
al promised him protection, and he believed :
70 would be safer outside the cabin than in
he was instructed to inform Little Crow
r whoever was in command, that the in. ,
1ates OF the cabin would fight to the last. ]
no In the course of the next quarter Of an
our the redskins moved up so as to encircle
ne cabin and opened a hot fire. Thew wera
ael'ered behind trees and stumps and logs.
at they simply wasted their ammunition'
ucn portfolios as were not in use were kent
lueged up, and there was little chance for a
ray bullet to find a victim. The firing had
zen maintained for nearly an hour before 4
ncie refer made reply. He had been watch
. Two warriors who had secured a position
'nttd a log within fair riao shot. For \
"nie they were very cautious about AZ
sing themselves. but the silence maintained